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No. 1487Existing businessEnergy and environment

Coupled data-centre cooling and water production

Source

The idea

Clausius combines waste-heat recovery with water generation and cooling-loop integration.

Why this is interesting

  • The article describes a product that removes heat from a data centre while producing water. It ties two operating problems together, which could strengthen the case for buying but also complicates integration.
  • The source is Speciale Invest’s article on its portfolio company Uravu Labs. The pilots and products it names are the company’s examples, and their commercial outcome was not independently checked.

Possible starting points

01

Cooling-loop integration study

Work with one operator to assess how heat recovery could connect to an existing cooling design.

02

Water use reporting

Help data centres measure and report water use and recovery as a smaller first product.

Questions to answer

  1. Who in a data centre buys equipment that affects both cooling and water, and how long does that decision take?
  2. What happens to the water produced if the site has no use for it?